Senators Hold Red Hot China Report On Nationalist China
The Senate foreign relations committee delays a released letter from Secretary Acheson tied to a possible $1.5 billion loan package to Nationalist China. McCarran argues the report could undermine China’s peace prospects while others push funding for broader programs, including rural reconstruction under ECA. Berlin and London dispatches touch on anti-Communist views and trade treaty steps.
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Acheson
McCarran
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China
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Truman
Connally
ECA
Senate panel wary of Truman health plan push prospects
Washington lawmakers report a Senate labor welfare panel unlikely to advance the Truman health insurance program this session. Four members back a Hill plan, three others support a Taft alternative, totaling a seven member majority opposed to compulsory features. Backers foresee a possible floor substitute though action remains dim.
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Senate
Hill
D-Ala
Taft
Ohio
Secon
Acheson Boosts U.S. Push on German Government Aid
Secretary Acheson consolidates State Department staffs handling political and economic policy for Germany to pursue a stronger American campaign aiding Western Germany in forming a government.
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Washington
Western
Germany
Acheson
State Department
Truman backs rent control push as McGrath ends critique
Washington reports President Truman appearing kinder to Congress over the rent control bill than national Democratic chairman Senator McGrath expected. McGrath called the bill a decontrol measure not meeting expectations, while Senator Sparkman predicted administration support. Truman said the bill strengthens rent control and delivers a crushing defeat for the real estate lobby.
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Washington
Frman
Congress
McGrath
National Democratic
Sparkman
Alabama
Truman
Washington Cherry Blossom Festival Draws Half Million Tourists
Washington celebrated its Cherry Blossom Festival with the tidal basin trees in full bloom. Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson crowned Judy Queen of Billings Montana, chosen from 50 contestants representing 48 states and territories. The event featured a pageant, water carnival, and concerts under clear skies with temperatures in the upper 40s.
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Washington
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Judy Queen
Billings
Mont
Lights Go Up In London After Ten Year Ban
London residents cheered as neon signs and theater marquees lit up across Piccadilly Circus for the first time since the war. Zoe Gail sang from a restaurant balcony as the ban on illuminated advertising ended, marking a return to prewar brightness and a new sense of postwar celebration.
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Rosenhal
London
Piccadilly Circus
Wlondon
Tires Square
Zoe Gail
Britain
Gail
Evermore
Old London
New York
Times Square
G.I
Piccadilly
William C. Mattison Dies in Birmingham at 41
W C Mattison 41 secretary of Woodstock Slag died of a heart attack yesterday in Birmingham He was past president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and a Birmingham Chamber member A Talladega native he moved to Birmingham in 1922 and worked with Woodstock Slag Surviving: widow two sons a brother and four sisters Services set for today.
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William C. Mattison
Woodstock Slag
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
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Mattison
Woodstock Siag Company
Army To Show Power In Chips Down Maneuvers In Germany
In Germany the American garrison will mobilize for Operation Chips Down, a large mock war against an imagined eastern aggressor after Easter. Nearly all U S troops in Europe will participate as air and armor units display strength across the U S occupation zone, with a major parade at Grafenwoehr and events in Berlin Augsburg and Nürnberg.
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America
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Grafenwehr
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Clarence L. Huebner
Isaac White
Marswell Taylor
First Infantry Division
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Berlin
Augsburg
Bremerhaven
Wiesbaden
Weiden
Glenhausen
Sehhweinfurt
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Sonthofen
Frankfurt
Wuerzburg
Heidelberg
Air Force
Alabama's Highway Modernization Cost Set At 321 Million
Alabama Highway Director Ward McFarland says a modernization program through 1968 would cost 321.5 million dollars with no financing recommendation. He urges long range state and county planning and a priority annual program. Road mileage figures show 6,898 paved state miles and 2,371 paved county miles.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Ward McFarland
James E. Folsom
McFarland
4-H Meeting Plans Housed For County Rally in April
Representatives from 12 Houston County schools met in Dothan to map plans for the annual 4-H club rally to be held here in April. Mildred Barnes of Rehobeth presided at Miss Francislette’s county home demonstration office. T. G. Hubbard announced the Ozark county rally will be held at the baseball stadium.
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Dothanta
Mildred Barnes
Rehobeth
Houston County Council of
Franciallette
T. G. Hubbard
Dale Comunty
Ozark
Pig No. 311 Leaves Naval Laboratories Healthy And Happy
Pig No 311 from Bikini A bomb tests was discharged from naval labs as normal and healthy but sterile due to atomic radiation. The 600 pound pig survived after rescue from the Sakawa ship and later moved to Bethesda for study, with scientists noting no offspring and planning an autopsy after death.
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Naval Laboratories
Washington
Navy
Twe
Bethesda
Navy Medical Research Center
Blackbelt praised as natural dairying center
SELMA Alabama. A farm agent L A Alsobrook told Rotary Club members the Blackbelt can supply cheaper milk than distant producers. He cited longer grazing seasons and lower costs, and urged investment in equipment to blend milk in the climate. He claimed Blackbelt dairymen could seize markets in Alabama and Florida if locals choose to act.
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Selma
Blackbelt
Alabama
L. A
Alsobrook
Dallas County
Rovary Club
Tesant
Florida
Wisconsin
Reunion After 82 Years Brings Brothers Together
Theo dore Dufour 72 of Culdesac Idaho and Thomas Dufour 68 of Everett Massachusetts met at Boston railroad station for their first reunion in 82 years. They had not seen each other since Theodore left Maine in 1897 to seek his fortune.
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Theodore Dufour
Culdesac
Ida
Thomas Dufour
Everet
Mass
Theodore
Maine
No. 311 Team Keeps Feeding Her On the Go
A brief item notes No. 311 showing indifference to where she travels as long as meals arrive regularly, highlighting a quirky detail about the routine. The piece emphasizes consistent provisions over location.
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